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The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of United States v. AT&T, the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against the former American Telephone & Telegraph Company. On January 8, 1982, AT&T Corp. settled the suit and agreed to divest its local exchange service operating companies. Effective January 1, 1984, AT&T Corp.'s local operations were split into seven independent Regional Bell Operating Companies known as the Baby Bells.
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Embarq Corporation was the largest independent local exchange carrier in the United States, serving customers in 18 states and providing local, long-distance, high-speed data and wireless services to residential and business customers. It had been formerly the local telephone division (LTD) of Sprint Nextel until 2006, when it was spun off as an independent company. Embarq produced more than $6 billion in revenues annually, and had approximately 18,000 employees.
Centel Corporation was an American telecommunications company, with primary interests in providing basic telephone service, cellular phone service and cable television service.
Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company is a local telephone operating company. Formerly a subsidiary of United Telecom/Sprint and later Embarq, through various mergers it is now a subsidiary of Lumen Technologies.
Lumen Technologies, Inc. is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications, network services, security, cloud solutions, voice, and managed services. The company is a member of the S&P 500 index and the Fortune 500. Its communications services include local and long-distance voice, broadband, Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), private line, Ethernet, hosting, data integration, video, network, public access, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), information technology, and other ancillary services. Lumen also serves global enterprise customers across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.
CenturyTel of Missouri, LLC is a telephone operating company owned by Lumen Technologies that provides local telephone service in Missouri. The cities served by the company include Branson and Columbia.
Embarq Missouri, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Kansas and Missouri owned by CenturyLink.
Embarq Florida, Inc. was a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Florida owned by CenturyLink.
United Telephone Company of Eastern Kansas is one of several CenturyLink companies providing local telephone service in Kansas. Kansas towns that United Telephone of Eastern Kansas serves include Sterling, Lebo, Gardner, and Nortonville.
Central Telephone Company of Virginia is a telephone company owned by CenturyLink that provides a local telephone service within the commonwealth of Virginia, USA.
Embarq Minnesota, Inc. was the final name of a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Minnesota. Its final owner was CenturyLink.
CenturyTel of Ohio, Inc. is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Ohio, including Amherst, Lorain, and Vermillion.
CenturyTel of the Midwest-Kendall, LLC is one of the CenturyLink operating companies in Wisconsin. The company's cities include Peshtigo, Kendall, and Marinette.
CenturyTel of Port Aransas, Inc. is a telephone operating company providing local telephone services in Texas owned by CenturyLink.
Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC is one of the CenturyLink operating companies in Wisconsin. The company's cities include Suring and Gillett.
Spectra Communications Group, LLC is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Missouri.
Central Telephone Company is a telephone operating company owned by CenturyLink that provides local telephone service in Florida, Nevada, and North Carolina. Its largest market is Las Vegas
Central Telephone Company of Texas is a telephone operating company owned by Lumen Technologies that provides local telephone service in Texas. The company serves communities in Texas such as Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Cranfills Gap.
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- ↑ Brodkin, Jon (2021-08-04). "CenturyLink selling copper network in 20 states instead of installing fiber". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
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